Description
What seduced publishing trailblazer Hilary McPhee to an exotic writing project in Jordan? Curiosity, political engagement, mad bravery?
A story with all the exhilaration of exile then banishment in other people's houses - an attic in London, apartments in Italy and Amman - where she watches other women managing magnificently to live alone. A failed marriage, then a stymied book were a double hit that risk-taking McPhee could only face by fleeing into the world. Then, hardest of all was her return to Australia to face the music, pick up the pieces, and find her strength in starting over again. McPhee's brutally honest memoir traverses wild terrain.
About the Author
Hilary McPhee is a writer and editor. She founded McPhee Gribble Publishers with Diana Gribble in 1975, was Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts 1994-97, and inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at Melbourne University until 2004. Her books include Other People's Words, Wordlines and Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall.
Book Information
ISBN 9780522875645
Author Hilary McPhee
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Melbourne University Press
Publisher Melbourne University Press
Weight(grams) 314g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 153mm * 15mm
A story with all the exhilaration of exile then banishment in other people's houses - an attic in London, apartments in Italy and Amman - where she watches other women managing magnificently to live alone. A failed marriage, then a stymied book were a double hit that risk-taking McPhee could only face by fleeing into the world. Then, hardest of all was her return to Australia to face the music, pick up the pieces, and find her strength in starting over again. McPhee's brutally honest memoir traverses wild terrain.
About the Author
Hilary McPhee is a writer and editor. She founded McPhee Gribble Publishers with Diana Gribble in 1975, was Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts 1994-97, and inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at Melbourne University until 2004. Her books include Other People's Words, Wordlines and Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall.
Book Information
ISBN 9780522875645
Author Hilary McPhee
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Melbourne University Press
Publisher Melbourne University Press
Weight(grams) 314g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 153mm * 15mm
